Portable electric lamp



July 15, 1930. H. w. PAULL 1,770,581

' PORTABLE ELECTRIC LAMP Filed Sept. 22, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I A A and Wwx I lrrww gwue-ntom July 15, 1930. H. w. PAULL 1,770,581

PORTABLE ELECTRIC LAMP Filed Sept. 22, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheer 2 Patented July 15, 1930 HARRY w. PAULL, or WELLSBURG, wnsr VIRG-IIJIn, ASSIGNOR TO EAGLE MANTL,

FACTURINGCOMPANY, or wELLsBune, wnsr VIRGINIA, A CORPGRATION or wnsr VIRGINIA Application filed. September 2 This invention relates to animprovement in portable electric lamps wherein provision is made for convenient and simple change in the ornamental appearanceof the lamp.

Portable: lamps of this character are on the market in a great variety of shapes, ornamentatioi s and colors, and the lamps are ordinarily selected by the purchaser in accordance with the color scheme or desired effectin connection with the room in which the room is changed.

mentation and coloring of the body of the lamp is in accordance with the color scheme and ornamentation ofthe canopy or shade of the lamp; s t v As the lamp shades are not infrequently changed, it is equally desirable that the body of the lamp in ornamental appearance and coloring bealso capable of change, with this change as easily and readily accomplished as the changing of the shade, but so far as known no provision has been-heretoforemade for thispurpose. V I i Y Therefore, the primary ob ect of the pres: ent invention is the provision of a lamp 0t this character constructed to permit a change in the ornamental appearance and color scheme of the body of the lamp with equal facilityvvith which the lamp shade'may be changed in order that the body "of the lamp may agree ornamentally 'andin color scheme with any selected shade or with a variety of shades'insuccession; p

The inyeiit-ioii primarily consists in a lamp body made" of open wicker-work, preferably .ot'basketf material, inthe upper end ofwhich is seated a" cap carrier for supporting the elec trio lamp or lamps. An ornamental strip 01:

V PORTABLE ELECTRIC LAMP 2, 1928. Serial No. 307,869.

cardboard or like material is adapted'to be placed in the body and held in distended relation so as to fit snugly against the interior of the body by the cap. This ornamentalstrip, I d

which is GXiZQllOI'lY ornamented or colored as desired, 18 thus -'largely if not completely visible through the open-work of the body and constitutes the-member giving to the lam p.-

body its ornamental appearance and color. This strip is readily and conveniently removable andreplaceable by another on which the ornamentation and color may vary as desired,

thus providing'for convenient change in the ornamentation and color scheme of the body in a simple, economical and expeditious The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

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Figure 2 .is a broken vertical section through the body, the cap and ornamental body wall being shown in section.

- Figure. 3 is a transyerse section on ofFigure 2., c Figured is a perspective View of the ornamental body Wall and cap shown separated.

' Figure 5 is an elevation of the ornamental body wall in lopen relatio-n. y

' The lamp in theform illustrated is shown as including what may be termed a body CC-ilb prising base 1 and an upright vertical portion 2 oif-hollow forimand hereinafter termed the body proper." Both the base and body as line shown are preferablyconstructed of basket materialin ornamental woven form to provide a comparatively large number, of open spaces in the wall of t-hebody proper.

A. cap carrier 3 is adapted to be inserted in. the upper open end of the body proper, this cap carrier having a flange 8 depending an appreciable distance within the body proper and a lateral portion overlying the upper edge of the body proper. The cap carrier is. designed to support the electric lamp socket l inv the usual manner, the threaded nipple for the reception ofthe socket being hollow for the passage of the current wires therethrough. r r

The lamp in completed form includes a shade 5 supported on a frame including diagonal brace members 6 connected at their lower ends to a ring 7 which overlies and bears upon the upper portion of the electric light, "to thus roperly support the lamp in connection wit the light rays and at the same time rovide for the convenient removat and rep acement of the shade at will.

Atthe bottom of the body proper, that is at the juncture of the base and body, there is arranged a disk 10 of appropriate material through the edges of which the strands of the basket material forming the body may be passed and in which disk 10 there is formed acentral opening 11 for the passage of current wires leadin beyond the lamp to the usual connector p ug.

The parts described, while specifically 1ndic-ated, are intended to be in any des red or appro r'iate form and of any desired or appropriate material, the sole requisite being that the-cap carrier have :1 depending flange wrresponding to thefifiange 8 and that the i body proper of the lamp be of open-work form.

'The important detail of the resent invention is the removable wall for t e body proper. This wall is shown particularly in Figurns 4 and 5' and comprises a strip of cardboard or other like material having a vertical dimension substantially corresponding to that, of the body properand a horizontal dimension equal to the circumferential length of body proper. If, as illustrated, the

pro r of u wardly diverging form,

that is o 1 gradually increased diameter aboye the base 1, the removable wall section 9 will be appropriately formed so that, when rolled into cylindrical form and fitted within the bod proper, the removable wall will bear aga nst the inner surface of the body proper with the meeting edges; of such removable wall substantially invisible to the eye.

Asthus ap lied, the removable wall 9 extends-above the lower edge of and substantially throughout the full length of the flange 8 of the cap carrier 3. This flange, therefore, serves to distend the removable wall and hold it in substantially fixed position bearin snugly against the interior surface of the ody proper. In this connection, it is to be understood that the vertical dimension of the flange 8 of the cap carrier is not of particular importance so long as it performs the function of holding the wall 9 removably in place, so that this flange 8 may be of comparatively short length, as illustrated and as preferred, or may be of different 1e lis, even if desired extending substantia "to the disk 10. V v

exterior surface of the removable wall 9 is ornamented in any desired manner, preferablyaihe ornamentation and coloring agreee ing from an artistic standpoint, that 18 either in accordance with or contrasting with the ornamentation of the lamp shade.

By providing a number of removable walls 9 for the various sized lamps, with these various removable walls of varying ornamentation and color schemes, it is at once apparent that any one having a lamp of this type may, in desiring to change the shade of the lamp, also secure at practically no additional expense a removable wall 9 which is in accordance with the ornamentation and color scheme artistically of the selected shade. By raising the cap carrier 3, even without the necessity of disconnecting the lamp proper or its connecting wires, the wall 9 previously used may be readily removed and the new wall 9 inserted. The operation is a simple one and the cost of the replacement practically nothing, and yetby this simple provision, the lamp is given an entirely different appearance, both in ornamentation and color effect, and the body of the lamp will, in the general appearance to the eye, agree with the similar characteristics of the shade.

Of course, ifdesired, the selected Wall in the particular instance may be made to agree with the color scheme of the room in which the lamp'is used or such removable wall may be selected for any desired effect.

It is referred that the color of the body proper e of some neutral tint which will lend itself to changes in color schemes resulting from the use of various removable walls 9 in order that the general appearance of the lamp with any such walls will present a harmonious, artistic efi'ect.

Aside from the provision of the removable wall, it is understood that the form, detail and materials of which the other parts of the lamp are constructed are'wholly immaterial, so long as the body proper of the lamp is arranged toprovide the maximum area through which the removable wall may be visible in order that the ornamentation and color scheme of the removable wall may dominate to an extent to cause a radical change inthe appearance of the lamp in the use of differently colored or ornamented walls.

The material of the removable wall is unimportant so long as it is capable of being readily shaped to fit within the body proper, though it is preferred that such material be heavy paper orlight cardboard for the reason that such may be conveniently and readily colored and ornamented and very eco nomically produced. There is, of'course, no wear and tear or strain on the removable wall and it may be readily constructed of any materialwhich will fulfill the purposes desired. For example, the removable wall may be constructed of fabric or other more or less flexible material colored or ornamented to the extentdesired, silk in particular lending itself readily to this use, both from the fact that it is highly ornamental and capable of light reflection and at the same time may be removed and replaced as conveniently as the more rigid material.

What is claimed to be new is:

1. A portable lamp including an open- Work body having a base, a pliable split cylinder placed Within the body and supported on the base to form a removable wall the edges of the split cylinder abutting, the outer surface of the strip having desired color and ornamentation visible through the open-Work body When the cylinder is in place, and a cap fitting Within the cylinder to confine the latter in fixed relation between the base and cap, said cap supporting the illuminating element of the lamp.

2. In a portable lamp, an open-Work body having a base, a pliable cylindrical member mounted in the body against the inner Wall thereof and supported on the base, a cap having a flange and a depending reduced portion, the depending reduced portion fitting Within the upper end of the body and the pliable cylindrical member to hold the latter snugly against the Wall of the body, and the flange engaging the upper edge of said body and the pliable cylindrical member to confine the latter in the fixed relation between the base and cap, said cap supporting the illuminating element of the lamp.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HARRY W. PAULL. [L. s.] 

